One major-injury accident, seven arrests during holiday DUI crackdown

Seven people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a holiday drunken driving crackdown, according to the Avoid the 8 campaign.

The winter holiday anti-DUI campaign resulted in drunken driving arrests from routine traffic enforcement and Avoid the 8 deployments around Butte County, according to a press release prepared by Paradise Police Lt. Steve Rowe.

The seven people were arrested between 12:01 a.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. In 2012, 11 people were arrested during the same three-day period.

Although there were no drunken driving accidents that resulted in death, there was one major injury accident reported, according to the press release.

A driver, who was not identified in the press release, allegedly drove her vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and crashed into a telephone pole. The driver was arrested and booked into Butte County Jail in Oroville and an unidentified passenger was taken to the hospital.

The passenger's current condition or further details on the incident were not available by deadline.